Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simultaneously realize the enlargement of a dynamic range and the downsizing of a pixel. An additional capacitor CS is composed by using: a first capacitor formed of a first diffusion layer, a second diffusion layer and a P well by layering the P well, the first diffusion layer, a first dielectric film, a first polysilicon layer, a second dielectric film and a second polysilicon layer; a second capacitor formed of the second diffusion layer, the first polysilicon layer and the first dielectric film; and a third capacitor formed of the first polysilicon layers, a second polysilicon layer, and a second dielectric film. Thereby, the additional capacitor CS for accumulating carriers overflown from a photodiode PD can secure a required capacitance value while making its size as small as possible.

Abstract: An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units (Tx-MOS1, Tx-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, a first and a second carrier accumulating units (Cs1, Cs2) for accumulating the carriers flowing out from the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions through a first and a second fixed potential barriers, respectively, and a third and a fourth transfer units (Cs-MOS1, Cs-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second carrier accumulating units to the amplifying unit, respectively.

Abstract: An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units (Tx-MOS1, Tx-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, a first and a second carrier accumulating units (Cs1, Cs2) for accumulating the carriers flowing out from the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions through a first and a second fixed potential barriers, respectively, and a third and a fourth transfer units (Cs-MOS1, Cs-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second carrier accumulating units to the amplifying unit, respectively.

Abstract: A navigation device (30) has a route search request section (32) and a bearing detection section (36). The route search request section (32) sends, as a route search request, to a route search device a bearing that is detected by the bearing detection section (36), in addition to a current position or departure point of and a destination of the navigation device. The route search device (20) has a route search section (24) for searching for a route from the current position or departure point to the destination by referring to a route network database (28) that is constructed from links making connection between nodes of the links and from costs of the links. The route search device (20) starts a route search after selecting a link in a direction close to the orientation of the navigation device, the link being a link out of the links near the current position or departure point of the navigation device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a map providing apparatus (10) that receives, from a portable terminal (30) including at least a display unit (32), a piece of position information that indicates a location point of the portable terminal (30) and transmits, to the portable terminal (30), a map image that corresponds to the received piece of position information.

Abstract: A route seeking device, a route seeking method, and a program capable of determining a guide route requiring a small number of transfers of transportation means by a single route seek. In the route seeking device comprising a route seeking section for seeking a route from a start point to a goal with reference to a route network DB consisting of nodes, links to which attribute information representing the groups to which the links belong is added, and costs.

Abstract: A navigation device having a function of dealing with a case where a navigation function cannot be executed at the same time as another function, such as a telephone function, because of constraints of the processing capability of a CPU or the memory capacity in a mobile telephone. A navigation device (10), which uses a mobile telephone having GPS means, comprises a navigation control module (123); a telephone communication control module (122) for telephone communicating with another mobile terminal device; and an operation control module (OS) (121) for controlling those modules. When detecting a particular event during operation of the navigation control module, the OS sends a suspension command to the navigation control module, thereby suspending the navigation control module. When detecting a termination of the particular event, the OS sends a resumption command to the navigation control module, thereby resuming the navigation control module.

Abstract: A display unit displays a route search result. A memory unit stores route search criteria including a destination. A route-search-result obtaining unit obtains, when a route search instruction including a designated location is received while the route search result is displayed on the display unit, the route search result with the designated location as a departure point and the destination included in the route search criteria stored in the memory unit as an arrival point.

Abstract: There is provided a route guide data creation device for acquiring travel data transmitted from a vehicle traveling on a road according to a predetermined travel route and travel time and creating route guide data according to the data. The route guide data creation device (10) includes: travel data acquisition means (11) for acquiring the travel data over a predetermined period of time; travel data processing means (12) for receiving data based on a predetermined input format from the travel data and calculating the arrival time and departure time at/from each stop for each travel routes and for each vehicle ID; and a route guide database (20) for storing the route guide data including the departure time and the arrival time of each vehicle from/at each stop outputted from the travel data processing means.

Abstract: An image data transmitting/receiving system for displaying an image having an optimum size in accordance with the resolution of an information display screen (11) of a mobile terminal (1), comprising the mobile terminal (1) and a server (7). The mobile terminal (1) comprises terminal-side symbol image data storing means (KC2) for storing data of symbol image used for producing a displayed image; and symbol image data transmission request information transmitting means (KC10B) for transmitting information related to the resolution of the information display screen (11) to the server (7).

Abstract: Guide points can be grasped by use of a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal comprises search condition transmitting means (KC16A) for transmitting data of route searching conditions to a server; searching result receiving means (KC1A) for receiving, from the server, route data produced by the server in accordance with the route searching conditions; map request information transmitting means (KC16B) for transmitting, to the server, map data transmission request information for requesting a transmission of map data; map data receiving means (KC1B) for receiving the map data transmitted from the server; route image producing means (KC7) for producing a route image based on a range in which to display on the information display screen (11) and based on the route data; and guide map image producing means (KC8) for producing a route guidance map image by combining, based on the map data, a map image and the route image.

Abstract: There is provided an information distribution system capable of distributing a content to a mobile terminal in a predetermined area, distributing content guide information to the mobile terminal, and distributing the content selected by the mobile terminal, within the area. The information distribution system includes an information distribution server, a mobile terminal, and a content DB. The content DB contains content information to be provided to the mobile terminal and information on the area to which the content is provided. The information distribution server distributes the content guide information to the mobile terminal. According to this content guide information, the mobile terminal performs a content distribution request. The information distribution server judges the position of the mobile terminal according to position judgment means. When the mobile terminal is in the distribution area of the content requested, the content is downloaded.

Abstract: The map-display-area determining unit determines an area in which a map is to be displayed. The road-information obtaining unit obtains, from map data transmitted from a map-data distributing server, curved-point coordinate information and name information of a traffic route. A map-display-data generating unit determines a display position for each of a character or symbol included in a character/symbol string in the name information so that the character or symbol is positioned along the traffic route without interfering with another character or symbol, and generates map display data for displaying the character or symbol at the determined display position.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a navigation system which enables searching for an optimum route through a one-time route searching process where several destination or departure locations exist. The navigation system 10 includes a point of interest (POI) attribute information database 40 for accumulating POI attribute information, a network data edit means 38 and a virtual node setup means 39. The navigation system 10 determines whether there is a plurality of POIs in a certain departure location and/or a destination location by making reference to relevant data in the POI attribute information database 40. If there are several POIs, the virtual node setup means 39 sets up a virtual node connected to each node of the plurality of POIs through links having identical link cost. The network data edit means 38 then adds the virtual node to the searching network data, and a route search means 33 functions to search for routes using the searching network data 35 containing the added virtual node.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simultaneously realize the enlargement of a dynamic range and the downsizing of a pixel. An additional capacitor CS is composed by using: a first capacitor formed of a first diffusion layer, a second diffusion layer and a P well by layering the P well, the first diffusion layer, a first dielectric film, a first polysilicon layer, a second dielectric film and a second polysilicon layer; a second capacitor formed of the second diffusion layer, the first polysilicon layer and the first dielectric film; and a third capacitor formed of the first polysilicon layers, a second polysilicon layer, and a second dielectric film. Thereby, the additional capacitor CS for accumulating carriers overflown from a photodiode PD can secure a required capacitance value while making its size as small as possible.

Abstract: An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units (Tx-MOS1, Tx-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions, respectively, a first and a second carrier accumulating units (Cs1, Cs2) for accumulating the carriers flowing out from the first and the second photoelectric conversion regions through a first and a second fixed potential barriers, respectively, and a third and a fourth transfer units (Cs-MOS1, Cs-MOS2) for transferring the carriers accumulated in the first and the second carrier accumulating units to the amplifying unit, respectively.

Abstract: The image pickup device of the invention has a path deeper in a semiconductor substrate, than a region wherein a channel is formed, upon turning on a first MOS transistor, under a gate thereof. The path is arranged by forming a P-type layer for forming a potential barrier, within a P-type well excluding a region below the gate of the first MOS transistor. Thus, even when the first transfer MOS transistor is securely turned off at accumulation, carriers overflowing from a photodiode can flow into the path, thereby enabling to accumulate the carriers, overflowing from the photodiode, in a carrier accumulation region. Such structure allows to suppress a dark current generation from an interface of a gate oxide film of the first transfer MOS transistor, and also to expand the dynamic range of the image pickup device by the carriers overflowing from the photodiode and flowing through the path into the carrier accumulation region.

Abstract: A solid state image pickup device which can prevent color mixture by using a layout of a capacitor region provided separately from a floating diffusion region and a camera using such a device are provided. A photodiode region is a rectangular region including a photodiode. A capacitor region includes a carrier holding unit and is arranged on one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region as a region having a side longer than the one side. In a MOS unit region, an output unit region including an output unit having a side longer than the other side which crosses the one side of the rectangle of the photodiode region is arranged on the other side. A gate region and the FD region are arranged between the photodiode region and the capacitor region.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a pedestrian navigation system for providing distance information and travel directions to a destination, comprising a pedestrian navigation device 10 for navigating a pedestrian's route by means of a vibration, a server 30 for offering navigation information to the pedestrian navigation device 10, a network 40 for connecting the pedestrian navigation device 10 with the server 30 to permit communication between each other, and a GPS 20 for offering position information to the pedestrian navigation device 10. Further, the pedestrian navigation device 10 can be constructed to comprise a speaker 19 for outputting a guide voice based on the user's present position information, so as to start a voice guide after generating vibration, thereby facilitating verification of the guidance information provided.

Abstract: A navigation device, which performs a route guidance based on a route searched by a server, includes: a communication controller that sends a request for searching the route to the server; a guidance-information receiving unit that receives information on the route from the server; and a guidance controller that performs the route guidance based on the information received. The communication controller determines whether to send the request based on a status of the navigation device, such as a status of a travel of the navigation device (travel time, travel distance, etc.), thereby decreasing traffic between the navigation server and reducing communication charges.